luckless

adjective

Definition of lucklessnext
as in unfortunate
having, prone to, or marked by bad luck a luckless team with the worst record in the league

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for luckless
  1. unfortunate
  2. unhappy
  3. hapless
Adjective
  • Lucky 13 has proved unfortunate for those involved in making the ABC game show.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Equally unfortunate is the film’s narrative clumsiness, with a story that doesn’t earn its exhausting runtime.
    Tomris Laffly, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of unfortunate
Adjective
  • The answer is that immigrants and minorities, particularly working-class ones, are unhappy with the economy and much else.
    Basel Touchan, TIME, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The measures come as a cost-of-living crisis has left voters unhappy with Trudeau and ahead of an election that could come anytime between this fall and next October.
    Rob Gillies, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of unhappy
Adjective
  • But signs indicate all along that his actions were egregiously hapless, not intentionally sinister.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Wisconsin’s lurch to the right fit with the national trend: many Americans worried the U.S. was losing its edge, mired in economic woes and appearing hapless on the global stage.
    Nancy C. Unger / Made by History, TIME, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of hapless
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Thesaurus Entries Near luckless

lucking (out, on, onto, or into)

luckless

luck (out, on, onto, or into)

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